Communalism
For the past few years, the ruling establishment and right-wing organizations have been brazenly and openly carrying on the politics of caste/religious hatred. Hate speech, religious slogans, caste/religious or violence are used at capital level. Most of the participants are completely surprised. No action is taken against them. The only objective is to destroy differences of any kind. Even if the differences are based on ethnic/religious issues, they are being twisted that way. Apart from this, new laws like anti-conversion law, public safety law etc. have been created.
For the last few months, rallies organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj, near the airport, Ram Navami Mirvanuk and Nitesh Rane and other persons have been making hate speeches. There would have been religious violence in Malad during Eid and during the inauguration of Ayodhya temple last year, there would have been Meera Roadwar violence.
Similarly, incidents of hate speech and violence have occurred on a large scale in Maharashtra, Nagpur, Malvan, Parbhani etc. People's houses and shops are being destroyed illegally using bulldozers. The police do not take any action against the gathering and they are given complete freedom to resort to violence. The situation is getting worse day by day in terms of ethnic/religious polarization, violence and discrimination. On the other hand, by changing the law or by the decision of the Supreme Court to ban further demonstrations against the students of institutions like TISS, Kunal Kamrachya case and Azad Maidan, the democratic way of showing protest has come to be restricted. Many examples can be given but this is not the purpose of the appeal.
After the brutal massacre in Pahalgam, Hindutva forces are using power or influence to create more Islamophobia - leading to violence against Muslims in Mumbai and Maharashtra in general.
Gayatri Singh, Sitaram Shelar,
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh accounted for 47% of all hate speech events across the country last year. https://thewire.in/communalism/74-rise-in-hate-speech-in-2024-bjp-and-its-allies-behind-most-report
f the 1,165 recorded instances of anti-minority hate speech, 98.5% targeted the Muslim community either explicitly or alongside Christians, while nearly 10% targeted Christians either explicitly or alongside Muslims, the research group said in a report published on Monday (February 10).
Nearly 80% of the hate speech events took place in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), or in Union Territories where the police and public order is under the BJP-led Union government. In contrast, the opposition-ruled states accounted for 20% of hate speech events last year.
11/02/2025
Delhi HC orders FIR against Rana Ayyub for anti-Hindu remarks • SC declines Udhayanidhi petition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5gvGcs4XV0 PGurus The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a case against Udhayanidhi Stalin for his anti-Sanatani remarks... what does this mean?
Delhi Court orders FIR registration against journalist Rana Ayyub on allegations of "insulting Hindu deities, spreading of anti-India sentiment and incitement of religious disharmony."
There is also an Enforcement Directorate case against her pending for misappropriation of funds collected during COVID times.
FIR against Rana Ayyub for allegedly referring Hindu students as 'terrorist' https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/fir-against-rana-ayyub-for-allegedly-referring-hindu-students-as-terrorist-dnm-r88b1a Based on the complaint from Hindu group 'Hindu IT Cell' an FIR was filed against controversial writer Rana Ayyub at Hubballi-Dharwad police commissioner limits reportedly. The complainant Ashwath representing the group had filed the complaint and urged the police to book her under IPC sections 124A (Sedition), 504 (intentional insult to Hindu community), 295A, 298 (deliberate and malicious attempt to outrage religious feelings) and 153A (creating enmity and division).
"She illegally collected Rs 2.69 Crores": ED Moves prosecution complaint against Rana Ayyub under PMLA in Ketto Campaign case https://lawbeat.in/amp/news-updates/she-illegally-collected-rs-269-crores-ed-moves-prosecution-complaint-against-rana-ayyub-ketto-campaign-case ED's investigation has revealed that the funds raised on the online platforms were received in the accounts of Ayyub's father and sister and subsequently transferred to her personal accounts.
Additionally, Ayyub utilized these funds to create a fixed deposit of Rs. 50 lakhs for herself and also transferred Rs. 50 Lakhs in a new bank account, ED has submitted. "Whereas, it was also revealed that only an amount of approximately Rs. 29 lakhs was used for relief work",
https://x.com/LawBeatInd/status/1884072380362084416
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking action Against Udhayanidhi Stalin Over 'Sanatana Dharma' Remarks https://lawbeat.in/top-stories/supreme-court-refuses-entertain-plea-seeking-action-against-udhayanidhi-stalin-over Vineet Jindal v Union of India
Hate Speech] Udhaynidhi Stalin's remarks intentionally made to promote enmity: Plea in SC seeks registration of FIR https://lawbeat.in/top-stories/hate-speech-udhaynidhi-stalins-remarks-intentionally-made-promote-enmity-plea-sc-seeks-registration-fir
Criminal charges filed against Trump and Vance for Springfield, Ohio conduct; arrests sought https://www.chandralaw.com/blog/criminal-charges-filed-against-trump-and-vance-for-springfield-ohio-conduct-arrests-sought September 24, 2024
Guerline Jozef, the Alliance’s cofounder and executive director, on the Alliance's behalf, charged Vance and Trump with, and seeks their immediate arrest for
disrupting public service... by causing widespread bomb and other threats that resulted in massive disruptions to the public services
making false alarms .. by continuing to repeat lies that state and local officials have said were false;
committing telecommunications harassment ,,, by spreading claims they know to be false during the presidential debate, campaign rallies, nationally televised interviews, and social media;
committing aggravated menacing ... by knowingly making intimidating statements with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass the recipients, nthreat to deport immigrants
committing aggravated menacing... ) by knowingly causing others to falsely believe that members of community would cause serious physical harm to the person or property of others and
violating the prohibition against complicity,, by conspiring with one another and spreading vicious lies that caused innocent parties to be parties to their various crimes.
Hate-speech FIRs gather dust year after Maharashtra assured SC of action; no chargesheet in most cases https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/hate-speech-firs-gather-dust-year-after-maharashtra-assured-sc-of-action-no-chargesheet-in-most-cases-9581302/
Officers say at least 19 FIRs await govt nod; Fadnavis says moving as per law
according to information obtained by The Indian Express, including records accessed under the Right to Information Act....police are yet to file a chargesheet in at least 19 of the 25 cases, including all 16 linked to SHS. Reason: each of these “sensitive” cases is at various stages of a laborious process to obtain the state government’s sanction for prosecution. Eight of the 19 cases involve MLAs or public figures.,,,
When contacted by The Indian Express for comment on these findings, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio in the BJP-Sena-NCP government, said, “We will take decisions in accordance with the law.” ..A senior officer from Maharashtra police said there was no pendency at their level and that if the required documents are not attached while sending proposals for prosecution sanction, they are pointed out to the officer concerned.
Subcategories
Hate Crime
Hate Speech / Incitement to violence
Hate Speech Maharashtra
PUCL Maharashtra has decided to showcase information on Hate Speech in Maharashtra as presented in the different websites, social media of Civil Society organisations and concerned individuals. Each one has their own style of documentation and each one is a shining node. We hope to have a decentralised platform which will valorise whatever work individuals an organisations are doing, such that while they do their regular work of posting, creating websites, blogs, data directories, such that it can be searched, and researched, and help activist (information activist, if you will) curate this content into learning modules, state of the art reports.. letting a thousand nodes glow.
250811-Jalgaon-lynching of Pathan after being seen with Hindu woman at cafe
A 21-year-old Muslim man was on Monday beaten to death allegedly by members of a Hindutva group in the town of Jamner in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The perpetrators allegedly assaulted Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan after he was seen with a Hindu woman from the same village at a cafe
250114-Yavatmal
Two Muslim-owned restaurants in Wani, Yavatmal, were forcibly shut down by members of the Bajrang Dal
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At the “Samrast Yatra” event in Kurla, Mumbai, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, a Jain monk disseminated hate speech rife with anti-Muslim propaganda.
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Rane’s speeches continued throughout the month of February, spreading more hateful conspiracy theories, and even suggesting that if Muslims “looked at Hindus in an incorrect manner,” they would face consequences. He stated that, “Our government is very bad. What is going on around I am aware of everything. You don’t have to struggle. Wherever something wrong is happening, wherever someone tries to slaughter a cow, wherever someone tries to smuggle, wherever green snakes try to wriggle, just make one call, and leave the rest of the arrangements to me., https://cjp.org.in/the-role-of-leaders-in-spreading-divisive-rhetoric/